Just a little something I made to practice HTML. I actually did make this recipe! I'm waiting to see how it turns out. Should be ready in a year.

Pete and Paul's Patented Holiday Mead Recipe

This recipe was created by Peter Johansen and Paul Mouzas. It is based on the Orange Clove Mead recipe from www.stormthecastle.com It was our first attempt at mead and is still aging. I'll let you know how it turns out.

Ingredients

• 1518 lbs honey
• 5 gallons water
• Handful of raisins
• 3 Cinnamon sticks
• 5 Pinches of allspice
• 5 Whole oranges sliced

Instructions

1. Pour honey into a large pot and heat. Add 1-2 gallons of water and bring to a boil.
2. Once water and honey mixture are boiling, add the rest of the ingredients in no particular order.
3. Boil must for 20-30 minutes and skim off any of the white stuff that floats to the top. These are coagulated proteins and are going to be very sticky.
4. Place pot in ice water to cool. Once must is cooled, add to fermentation bucket.
5. Top off with water until must reaches 5 gallons
6. Place lid and fermentation lock on bucket and let ferment for 2 weeks
7. After primary fermentation is over, transfer mead to a 5 gallon carboy and let sit for at least 6 months! This is a high alcohol mead which tastes much better the longer it ages.

If you have any questions email me at paul.mouzas@gmail.com